Interesting And Moving Story About Aberfan

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-39954662/aberfan-disaster-photographer-chuck-rapoport-honoured

[murraymints]

still remember the great sadness with clarity..a very bad day..

[mikey4444]

A dreadful day Minty and 100% avoidable.

[murraymints]

pit bings now a thing of the past !

[Islay]

Sad and so easily preventable, good thing the pits have closed down now then!!

[emmie]

i remember this so well, a truly terrible day.

[tamborine]

Mickey, how was it avoidable? Those families mostly worked down the mines, that you deplore Thatcher for closing.

[hc4361]

I suppose not having the school directly beneath the *** heap would have helped avoid this tragedy

[mushroom25]

//how was it avoidable? //

because the NCB - either nationally or divisionally - had no policy for the management of waste tips. plus the spring that emerged from the bottom of the tip and brought about its eventual collapse had been known about for years, despite Lord Robens' assurances to the contrary. the NUM and Merthyr Council were both exonerated at the inquiry for not pursuing their concerns about the tip, because there was no action they could take in the face of assertions from NCB that the tip was safe.

[mikey4444]

Tambo......I will excuse your post at 10:42, as it was obviously due to ignorance of the full story of the Abervan disaster.
Perhaps you could have a look at the following link, when you have a moment :::

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disaster

Mush has it 100% right. Here is a quote from the first page of the Wiki link ::

"The official inquiry blamed the National Coal Board (NCB) for extreme negligence, and its chairman, Lord Robens, for making misleading statements"

Here is a another quote ::

"Anger at the NCB erupted during the inquest into the deaths of 30 of the children. The Merthyr Express reported that there were shouts of "murderers" as children's names were read out. When one child's name was read out and the cause of death was given as asphyxia and multiple injuries, the father said "No, sir, buried alive by the National Coal Board".

The coroner replied: "I know your grief is much that you may not be realising what you are saying" but the father repeated:
I want it recorded – "Buried alive by the National Coal Board." That is what I want to see on the record. That is the feeling of those present. Those are the words we want to go on the certificate"

[tamborine]

Checkout Bron y deri on google earth. New housing estate all occupied on mountain foothills. I wouldnt live there.

[Mamyalynne]

Some moving recollections there, Chuck obviously made an impact and helped some in his own way in the aftermath.

[Peter Pedant]

seeing officials lie under oath
and the judge comment

"o well hoop-la! nothing can be done about it now - let us crash on..." is a bit of a shock first time you see it

and the officials go on to give themselves very large pensions
Robens got to the House of Lords didnt he?
Easy £300 / d there I can tell you

second or third time - it becomes less outrageous